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The '''Gan River''' ({{Zh|s=赣江|t=贛江|p=Gàn Jiāng}}, ]: Kōm-kong) of southern ] travels 885 km north through ] before flowing into ] and thence into the ]. It is the major artery for ]. |
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The '''Gan River''' is a river that flows in western ], in China. The Xiang-Gan uplands separate it from the ] of eastern ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Carol Benedict|first=|title=Golden-Silk Smoke: A History of Tobacco in China, 1550–2010 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e7nNkB8R4GkC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=gan+river+jiangxi&source=bl&ots=7GSNb-5Kxf&sig=_4IkxsqC2w4_cOjncMHvcgtQo2s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8JBbU6a_NcKbOrWtgfgN&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=gan%20river%20jiangxi&f=false|year=2011|publisher=University of California Press|page=41|chapter=Chinese Tobacco Production, 1600 to 1750}}</ref> |
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It is the major geographical feature of Jiangxi province, and gives its name to the ].<ref>{{cite book|last=James Stuart Olson|first=|title=An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IOM8qF34s4YC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=gan+river+jiangxi&source=bl&ots=mVVFAjPbY0&sig=3zwkuTs1D1dVe41aF_yPYxy1cJw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8JBbU6a_NcKbOrWtgfgN&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=gan%20river%20jiangxi&f=false|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Press|page=80}}</ref> |
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The river feeds into ], which in turns connects with the ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stephen Turnbull|first=|title=Fighting Ships of the Far East (1): China and Southeast Asia 202 BC-AD 1419 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jLIfe4-wWawC&pg=PA37&dq=gan+river+mouth+poyang&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tNZbU-zOO6Xy7Aab0oHABA&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=gan%20river%20mouth%20poyang&f=false|year=2002|publisher=]|page=37|chapter=A Case Study of Chinese Fighting Ships}}</ref> |
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